Which movies to watch this weekend, Jan. 13
Hidden Figures A by-the-books historical piece, about black women mathematicians working in NASA’s early days, the film is enlivened by the three principal actresses, Taraji P. Henson, Janelle Monae and Octavia Spencer, and by Kevin Costner, who is the perfect vision of the early 1960s man.
The Eagle Huntress A remarkable and entertaining documentary about a 13-year-old Kazakh girl who trains to become the first female practitioner of the Mongolian art and sport of eagle hunting (that is, using an eagle as a hunting aid).
Julieta Pedro Almodóvar delivers one of his best films, the story of a woman from age 25 to 56, as played by two actresses who seem to be inhabiting the same soul.
A Monster Calls A gloomy but beautiful collaboration by director J.A. Bayona and screenwriter Patrick Ness, the author of the 2011 novel by the same name.
Lewis MacDougall is wonderful as a boy whose mother is dying, but has a tree monster giving him therapy.
Crowds will be fooled by the more upbeat movie trailers, but it’s still a satisfying film.